Media Talk podcast: where BBC Panorama went wrong

We profile the new man at BBC news, James Harding, and bring you the latest on the row over John Sweeney's North Korea documentary. Plus, how do you make money from podcasting? We ask a man who has – Roman Mars

North Korea Undercover: the audience represents a massive 69% increase on the usual average number of viewers for Panorama, Photograph: BBC

James Harding becomes the top news man at the BBC. What can we expect from the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's Times now he has switched camps?

Then we tackle John Sweeney and the controversial Panorama episode on North Korea. There have been some tough calls for the new director general – did Tony Hall get them right? Roy Greenslade isn't sure.

And in the US, as the public radio stations this week end their annual pledge drives, Helen Zaltzman speaks to the producer behind one of the most successful radio whiprounds of all time.

Plus Nosheen Iqbal drops in to discuss Ben Elton's new sitcom and the slow, agonising death of the panel show. What long-running show should be put out of its misery? Leave your comments below...